Chapter Summaries

Feng Ze found Tao Zhiyan unconscious with a dangerously high fever and stayed by his side while Doctor Shen treated him. After Tao Zhiyan woke, he admitted he had opened the door because he recognized Feng Ze knocking and wanted him to call a doctor.

• Feng Ze found Tao Zhiyan burning with fever and carried him to bed before calling Doctor Shen.
• Doctor Shen treated Tao Zhiyan's forty-degree fever while Feng Yiqian worried aloud that he might die or become unable to work as a butler.
• After Tao Zhiyan's temperature dropped and he woke, Doctor Shen told Feng Ze to check on him.
• Feng Ze asked Doctor Shen to stay overnight and agreed to pay him regular rates after Doctor Shen tried to bargain for more.
• Feng Ze asked Tao Zhiyan why he had opened the door, and Tao Zhiyan said he recognized Feng Ze's knock and wanted him to call the doctor.

While Feng Ze watched over Tao Zhiyan, Gu Min called asking about the partnership with the American Research Institute, and Feng Ze answered on Tao Zhiyan’s behalf. After Zhao Ming threatened Tao Zhiyan over his tax-evasion report, Tao Zhiyan posted a recording that forced Zhao Ming’s tax-bureau accomplice to panic and Zhao Ming to publicly apologize.

• Feng Ze declined Gu Min’s repeated calls, then told him Tao Zhiyan was asleep and the partnership with the American Research Institute was not finalized.
• Zhao Ming called Tao Zhiyan, threatened to expose his connection to Gu Min, and demanded that he spend a night with Zhao Ming’s boss.
• Tao Zhiyan edited the call recording and posted it on Weibo, warning Zhao Ming to come out and grovel or face the full recording’s release.
• Zhao Ming’s tax-bureau accomplice blamed him and warned that the recording could implicate them both.
• The trending topic clearing Zhao Ming of tax evasion was removed, Zhao Ming’s account was permanently banned, and he posted an apology to Tao Zhiyan.

After recovering from his fever, Tao Zhiyan found Feng Ze coldly avoiding him and learned Feng Ze had separated work from personal matters. As Tao tried to understand the change, Tang He arrived, and Tao recognized him as the friend Feng Yiqian was meant to help raise a child with.

• Tao Zhiyan woke feeling better and learned from Feng Yiqian that his Weibo account had gained five hundred thousand followers overnight.
• Feng Ze ignored Tao Zhiyan, refused to share his plans, and left after saying he did not know when he would return.
• Feng Yiqian guessed Feng Ze was angry because Tao Zhiyan had gotten sick, while Tao questioned Assistant Wang and learned Feng Ze had ended the practice of sending Tao his schedule.
• Tao Zhiyan felt hurt by Feng Ze's sudden distance and noticed that Feng Ze had changed his Moments cover photo to a cute cake and animal picture.
• Feng Yiqian welcomed Tang He, his best buddy, and Tao Zhiyan realized Tang He matched the description of the friend he was supposed to help raise a child with.

Tang He visited Feng Yiqian and tried to provoke him, then harassed Tao Zhiyan during the ride home. Tao Zhiyan answered Tang’s proposition with a cutting joke about charging extra for funeral vigils, leaving Tang’s reaction unresolved.

• Tang He arrived disguised and flirted with Tao Zhiyan, who saw a note identifying Tang as a bully and someone who would leave Feng Yiqian to raise a child.
• Tang He told Feng Yiqian he had been nominated for the Milky Way Award for Best Actor and mocked him, but Feng Yiqian cheerfully misunderstood the insults and angered Tang in return.
• Tang He refused to stay for lunch and left after Feng Yiqian declined to drive him, so Tao Zhiyan took him home instead.
• In the car, Tang He stared at Tao Zhiyan, commented on his appearance, and asked how much he charged per session.
• Tao Zhiyan pulled over and quoted Tang a discounted rate, then joked that funeral vigils and deaths in Tang’s family would cost extra.

Tang He revealed to Tao Zhiyan that he had bought the Milky Way Award’s Best Actor slot to crush Feng Yiqian’s hopes. After seeing a cake that reminded him of Feng Ze, Tao Zhiyan bought it and waited at home, where Feng Ze found him asleep on the sofa.

• Tang He complained to Tao Zhiyan about Feng Yiqian and revealed he planned to build up Feng Yiqian’s hopes before taking the award from him.
• Tang He told himself he had secured the Best Actor slot for 13 million and offered Tao Zhiyan his business card before leaving.
• Tao Zhiyan realized Tang He had bought the award, vented anonymously online, and then noticed a cake that reminded him of Feng Ze.
• Feng Ze left work early after receiving no reply from Tao Zhiyan and returned home after midnight.
• Feng Ze found Tao Zhiyan asleep on the sofa beside the cake, and Tao Zhiyan woke to greet him.

Tao Zhiyan misunderstood Feng Ze’s attachment to a cake and tried to throw it away, while Feng Ze questioned him about Gu Min and grew frustrated when he denied knowing him. Their tense conversation turned flirtatious, leaving Tao Zhiyan flustered by Feng Ze’s bold admission that he was under the butler’s control.

• Feng Ze demanded to know who had told Tao Zhiyan to buy the cake, and Tao Zhiyan guessed it held special meaning and offered to throw it away.
• Feng Ze stopped Tao Zhiyan from discarding the cake and asked what his relationship with Gu Min was.
• Tao Zhiyan insisted he did not know Gu Min, and Feng Ze tried to leave after becoming disappointed.
• Tao Zhiyan asked Feng Ze to give him a few days and then pressed him to explain why he was angry.
• Feng Ze asked whether he could keep Tao Zhiyan under control, but Tao Zhiyan teased that he usually held the reins.
• Feng Ze called himself the one under Tao Zhiyan’s control, leaving Tao Zhiyan blushing and flustered.

Tao Zhiyan shared the cake he bought with Feng Ze and learned that it reminded Feng Ze of someone who had promised him a cake but disappeared. Feng Ze refused to have Assistant Wang send Tao Zhiyan his schedule, but later messaged it himself and said he would keep sending it.

• Feng Ze misunderstood Tao Zhiyan’s approach, then clarified that he had meant for Tao Zhiyan to sit beside him.
• Feng Ze told Tao Zhiyan that someone important had promised him a cake but never gave it to him, and that he could no longer find that person.
• Tao Zhiyan offered Feng Ze the cake he had bought and reassured him that he might find the person again.
• Tao Zhiyan asked Feng Ze to resume sending his schedule, but Feng Ze refused on the grounds that business and private matters were separate.
• After Tao Zhiyan went upstairs, Feng Ze messaged him his next day’s schedule and said he would send it himself instead of using Assistant Wang.

Tao Zhiyan woke to news that Su Liran had exposed Zhang Shenzhou and several other celebrities, then learned Feng Ze had posted about their reconciliation. The chapter left Tao Zhiyan quietly liking Feng Ze’s photo of their empty cake plates.

• Tao Zhiyan saw that Zhang Shenzhou had sued Su Liran for extortion and read her response exposing celebrities taking illegal drugs at a private club.
• Feng Yiqian ate the leftover cake and told Tao Zhiyan he could tell that he and Feng Ze had made up.
• Feng Yiqian said Feng Ze had posted about the reconciliation on Moments and began pestering him to post about Feng Yiqian too.
• Tao Zhiyan checked Feng Ze’s Moments, saw a photo of their empty cake plates captioned “Sweet,” and liked it.

Tao Zhiyan investigated Gu Min and worried that he might be involved with him, then tried to help Feng Yiqian after he went three days without eating to prepare for an award ceremony. Feng Yiqian’s heart raced when Tao Zhiyan checked on him, and he insisted he had high blood pressure.

• Tao Zhiyan looked up Gu Min, found a brief call from him in his chat history, and suspected he and Gu Min might be lovers.
• Tao Zhiyan set special notifications for Gu Min so he could clarify their relationship if Gu Min messaged him.
• Aunt Zhao and Aunt Li tried to persuade Feng Yiqian to eat after he had fasted for three days.
• Feng Yiqian told Tao Zhiyan that he had stopped eating because he wanted to look his best at the Milky Way Awards.
• Feng Yiqian offered Tao Zhiyan his hand to feel his racing heartbeat, and Tao Zhiyan checked his chest.
• Feng Yiqian dismissed Tao Zhiyan’s suggestion of low blood sugar and declared that he had high blood pressure.

Feng Yiqian invited Tao Zhiyan to the Milky Way Award ceremony, where Tao Zhiyan used mysterious text appearing above celebrities to predict award winners. After the ceremony, viewers noticed his predictions had all come true and began questioning whether the awards were rigged.

• After Feng Yiqian recovered from skipping meals, Tao Zhiyan agreed to accompany him to the awards ceremony.
• At the red-carpet livestream, Tao Zhiyan saw text revealing compromising secrets about celebrities and predicted the winners of the Outstanding Newcomer and New Actor awards.
• Tao Zhiyan told the host that Feng Yiqian would not win Best Actor.
• During the ceremony, several of Tao Zhiyan’s predictions came true, prompting a gossip blogger and viewers to question how he knew the winners and accuse the awards of being rigged.

The Milky Way Award committee chairman went backstage to confront the Feng Family butler after viewers accused the awards of being rigged. Tao Zhiyan watched Feng Yiqian handle a provocative interview with unexpected tact, then discovered the chairman staring at his feet with a foot fetish.

• The committee chairman learned that viewers were accusing the awards of being rigged because the Feng Family butler had guessed every winner, and he went backstage to find him.
• The host asked Feng Yiqian whether he expected to win Best Actor, and Feng Yiqian gave a tactful answer that turned the question back on the host.
• Tao Zhiyan realized Feng Yiqian was more calculating than his foolish public image suggested.
• The committee chairman entered Feng Yiqian's dressing room and stared at Tao Zhiyan's feet, revealing his extreme foot fetish.

Tao Zhiyan was pressured to explain his interview comments at the awards ceremony, but instead accused Tang He of paying thirteen million for Best Actor. Tang He furiously demanded proof as the venue and livestream erupted.

• The chairman threatened to sue Tao Zhiyan and use a recording to force him to clarify his interview remarks onstage.
• Tang He won Best Actor over Feng Yiqian and made a pointed speech about hard work, prompting speculation that the award was rigged.
• The host brought Tao Zhiyan onstage to address the controversy, and Tao Zhiyan told the audience the chairman had pressured him to speak.
• Tao Zhiyan claimed Tang He had paid thirteen million for the award, silencing the venue before the livestream comments exploded.
• Tang He charged at Tao Zhiyan and demanded proof, but Tao Zhiyan calmly told him to keep quiet.

Tao Zhiyan exposed the awards ceremony’s rigged prizes and the exploitation behind them during a livestream, then left with Feng Yiqian. At a barbecue restaurant, Feng Yiqian called Feng Ze, who changed his mind and agreed to talk after hearing Tao Zhiyan nearby.

• A staff member attacked Tao Zhiyan onstage and threatened him, but Tao freed himself and urged viewers to record the livestream.
• Tao Zhiyan told viewers that Tang He had paid thirteen million for an award and that other artists had traded sexual favors for prizes, leaving the chairman pale and the audience cheering.
• Tao Zhiyan dismissed the value of awards with price tags, then left the venue with Feng Yiqian, who excitedly offered him thirteen million.
• Feng Yiqian took Tao Zhiyan to a barbecue restaurant and repeatedly called Feng Ze until Feng Ze answered from America.
• After hearing Tao Zhiyan ask Feng Yiqian about ordering squid, Feng Ze changed his mind about hanging up and said he missed Feng Yiqian too.

After Feng Yiqian told Feng Ze how Tao Zhiyan had helped him, Tao Zhiyan secretly messaged Feng Ze and learned he would return home in three days. When Feng Ze came back with President Su and his children, Tao Zhiyan saw a label identifying President Su as someone who would have his son and daughter seduce Feng Ze.

• Feng Yiqian complained to Feng Ze about losing the Milky Way Award and praised Tao Zhiyan for helping him.
• Feng Ze messaged Tao Zhiyan that he would be home in three days and asked whether his injury hurt.
• Feng Yiqian joined the reality show Please Don't Hate Me and left to begin filming the next day.
• Feng Ze returned to the Feng Family home with President Su and President Su's son and daughter.
• Tao Zhiyan saw a label above President Su identifying him as an executive who planned to have his children seduce Feng Ze.

The Su family tried to set Miss Su and Young Master Su up with Feng Ze, but both of their advances went awry. Young Master Su staged a bleeding-finger incident to get close to Feng Ze, then knocked him back with his butt and fled after pretending Feng Ze had called him darling.

• Feng Ze explained to Tao Zhiyan that he had returned at the last minute and had not been able to tell him sooner.
• Miss Su tried to fall into Feng Ze's arms, but he avoided her and left for the living room.
• Young Master Su went to the kitchen to cut fruit and told Tao Zhiyan he would fire him if he became the Feng family's young mistress.
• Young Master Su cut his finger and cried out to lure Feng Ze into the kitchen, then clung to him and claimed he felt faint at the sight of blood.
• Young Master Su knocked Feng Ze back with his butt, pretended Feng Ze had called him darling, and ran away while Tao Zhiyan watched in amusement.

Tao Zhiyan stopped Young Master Su from drugging Feng Ze, helping Feng Ze secure a business deal with the Su family. Afterward, Tao Zhiyan cut his finger while cleaning up, then teased Feng Ze by mimicking Young Master Su's flirtatious complaints.

• Tao Zhiyan laughed at Feng Ze's awkward encounter with the Su siblings and posted about it on his social feed.
• Tao Zhiyan caught Young Master Su slipping pink powder into Feng Ze's tea and switched the cups so Young Master Su received the drugged tea.
• Young Master Su spilled his tea on himself and tried to cling to Feng Ze, but Feng Ze confronted Mr. Su and threatened to end their negotiations.
• Mr. Su sent Young Master Su and Miss Su outside, then agreed to Feng Ze's terms and completed the contract.
• Tao Zhiyan cut his finger while clearing the shattered cup, and Feng Ze checked the injury before Tao Zhiyan imitated Young Master Su's complaint.

Tao Zhiyan tried to tease Feng Ze by splashing water on himself and asking to borrow his clothes, but Feng Ze turned the tables and nearly kissed him. Tao Zhiyan fled, then returned to declare the round a draw and promise he would win next time.

• Tao Zhiyan imitated Young Master Su, and Feng Ze teased him for being less forward.
• Tao Zhiyan splashed water on himself and flirted with Feng Ze, who agreed to lend him clothes.
• Feng Ze drew close, touched Tao Zhiyan's chin and lips, and teased him until Tao Zhiyan became too flustered to respond.
• Just before Feng Ze kissed him, Tao Zhiyan caught his collar and whimpered, so Feng Ze pulled back and admitted defeat.
• Tao Zhiyan ran upstairs, then came back to call the round a draw and challenge Feng Ze to another one.

Tao Zhiyan discovered that Feng Ze’s strange condition was caused by aphrodisiac powder Young Master Su had secretly put in the teapot. After Tao Zhiyan warned him he would find help, Feng Ze opened the door.

• Tao Zhiyan stayed up watching Feng Yiqian’s variety-show antics and gave him the lowest score.
• Tao Zhiyan heard a thud and unusual sounds from Feng Ze’s room, then worried that Feng Ze was having another episode.
• Feng Ze refused to open the door but agreed to do so if Tao Zhiyan made him tea.
• Tao Zhiyan found pink powder on the teapot and realized Young Master Su had drugged it.
• Tao Zhiyan learned the powder was an aphrodisiac, hurried back upstairs, and told Feng Ze he would find someone to help him.
• Feng Ze opened the door after Tao Zhiyan suggested looking for someone who could help.

Tao Zhiyan offered to help Feng Ze after seeing the effects of the drug, but Feng Ze turned him down. After Tao Zhiyan left, Feng Ze admitted to Doctor Shen that he wanted to pursue him but still doubted whether he was truly the Tao Zhiyan he had known as a child.

• Tao Zhiyan checked on Feng Ze and worried that the drug would make him explode, but Feng Ze laughed off the claim and told him to read fewer strange novels.
• Feng Ze teased Tao Zhiyan by asking if he wanted to help, and Tao Zhiyan nervously offered to use his hand.
• Feng Ze told Tao Zhiyan that helping him was not part of his duties and sent him to bed.
• Doctor Shen teased Feng Ze for turning Tao Zhiyan down, while Feng Ze confessed that he wanted him but was unsure whether he was really the same person from his childhood.
• Doctor Shen told Feng Ze the drug would wear off within a few hours and advised him to shower and drink plenty of water.

Feng Yiqian returned home and tried to persuade Tao Zhiyan to join him on his variety show, but Feng Ze intervened when Yiqian grabbed Tao Zhiyan. Tao Zhiyan explained that he had refused because Feng Ze was still at home, leaving Feng Ze to ask what else he had said.

• Feng Yiqian returned home and learned Feng Ze was resting, so he kept quiet while Tao Zhiyan helped prepare breakfast.
• Feng Yiqian coaxed Tao Zhiyan to eat with him, then asked him to join the fourth episode of his variety show as outside help.
• Tao Zhiyan refused because he could not leave Feng Ze at home, and Feng Yiqian grabbed his wrists while pleading with him.
• Feng Ze saw Feng Yiqian restraining Tao Zhiyan, pulled him away, and kicked him before asking Tao Zhiyan whether he had been bullied.
• Tao Zhiyan said Feng Yiqian had only asked him to join the show, then revealed that he had told Yiqian he could not leave while Feng Ze was at home.